Roger Strong

Member since: Jan 12th, 2007

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Engadget	2 Comments
Joystiq Xbox	1 Comment

Pricey Galactic Suite space hotel aims for 2012 opening

Aug 11th 2007 4:42PM (Engadget)

Nice fantasy, but the 2012 date is just that, a fantasy.

I think Bigelow will get his first manned space station operational around that date (2012), but nothing the size of what they describe. And Bigelow is already testing his systems in space; these folks are still at the Powerpoint and Photoshop stage.

Zune screens cracking from battery pressure?

Jan 31st 2007 2:08PM (Engadget)

The first color Palm computer had a similar problem - the plastic case kept cracking. It was blamed on the lithium battery, which heated and expanded during heavy use.

Gates: PS3 will never have graphics advantage

Jan 12th 2007 12:30AM (Joystiq Xbox)

Bill Gates doesn't want a larger hard drive in the XBox, because he wants you to buy the alternatives.

One is a Media Center Edition PC, which can stream music, video, radio etc. to the XBox. That's what I use. It's cool, but needs to support more video codecs.

The other is the new home server just announced. It's aimed at backing up and streaming media to other PCs and XBoxes.